I was thinking of the Quasar HHC; no idea if it's the same general shape as the 28 pin Model T version:
http://oldcomputers.net/Panasonic_HHC.html On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 3:47 AM Brian K. White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/18/21 10:28 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > > I believe the little Panasonic notebook also used a 24 pin version. > > Panasonic FH-2000 / Nixdorf PC05 looks like 28 pin and just a bit > different shape. > > Very similar but no key slots in the end walls, and it's hard to tell > from the only pic I see, but the corner shapes don't look exactly the > same. Same overall concept, but not the exact same shape. Like if you > had a Molex 78802 carrier and shaved off the center key tabs on the > ends, it looks like it still wouldn't fit in the Panasonic socket. > > I know there's a few other similar but different shapes out there too. > One has polarity by having a thick chunk of wall in one corner. I don't > remember what computer had it though so I can't find a pic. > > I just noticed several listings on ebay for Allen Bradley SLC-500 parts, > and they have the 28-pin. > For a change these are using 28Cxxx not 27Cxxx > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/303570700070 > https://www.ebay.com/itm/124496463738 > > And the socket: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/280405752402 > https://www.ebay.com/itm/324632487096 > > That's the kind of thing I always imagined these must have been used for > most. Countless obscure industrial applications. > > -- > bkw > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:50 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com > > <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On 5/18/21 7:28 PM, Scott McDonnell wrote: > > > My other hobby is robotics and one of my robots is an RB5X. This > > uses > > > the same style Molex socket, but with fewer pins, for custom > > application > > > software. I have been trying to adjust the scad model, but haven't > > > nailed it yet. > > > > > > Last month, I ran across two of the M100 compatible Molex > > carriers on > > > eBay and snagged them. Figured they may come in handy one day. > > > > > > > Is it really the same shapes & dimensions but only fewer pins? I can > > make that into a variable no problem, where you change 28 to > > whatever, > > and it generates a 2-to-whatever pin version. > > > > A little bit later tonight. > > > > -- > > bkw > > > >
